Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta) is a starch-producing plant of the euphorbiaceae family, originating in the Brazilian Guiana (northern Amazonas and Pará), in the south of the three Guianas (British, Dutch and French), in the south of Bahia and in the northeast of Minas Gerais.

Originating in the houses where the mills’ owners lived, its recipe is a result of the mixture of ingredients, techniques and cultural habits of the Portuguese colonizers, the indigenous people who lived here and the African slaves, witnessing the mixing of the three main people.